By: 24Life
Regeneration
GX24 Instructor Maggie Chen Pays It Forward After Dropping 60 Pounds
“Someone gave me a corporate membership, and I was thinking, How could I even walk into that gym? I’m more than 60 pounds overweight,” Maggie Chen says.
Lifestyle
Help Your Kids Hit Reset on Their Bad Mood
Even after the tantrums and split-second mood swings of toddlerhood have passed, children still need a lot of help navigating their...
Mindset
How to Stop Self-Sabotage on Monday Morning
If it’s not even 11 a.m. and you are already cursing a lousy start to a new week on your new...
Lifestyle
Start and End Your Workday Right
How you start and end your workday can have a huge impact on your success at the office and happiness at...
Mindset
9 Tips to Tap Into Your Creativity
Believe it or not, we are all creative by nature. Creativity doesn’t have to look like the arts, and you definitely...
Movement
This 70-Year-Old Works Out to Feel Strong and Happy
“I love the work because it loves me back,” says George Velazquez, GX24 instructor at 24 Hour Fitness Saddle Brook Sport...
Mindset
7 Self-Care Strategies for 7 Moods
Self-care is essentially doing the things that support your physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well-being on a regular basis—getting enough sleep,...
Movement
This Man Is Proving to Himself that Anything Is Possible
Manny Lazarit, a member at 24 Hour Fitness Glendora Sport, is breaking his own barriers, and his GX24 instructor says that’s...
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Bo Eason: How Top Performers use Sunday to Rock Monday
So many people start the week with complete dread—as the song goes, just another manic Monday. Worse, the Monday dread starts to seep...
Movement
Five Moves For a Quick Friday Night Fit Glow
TGIF got you running for the weekend fun? Good, go then, but don’t let your fitness take a hit on the...
Mindset
This Personal Trainer Sets Attainable Goals on the Path to Wellness
“My goal [as a trainer] is to show others that the goals that may seem unreachable are much easier to attain...
Regeneration
A Fall Equinox Ritual with Aarona Lea
We’re so excited to share an exclusive and empowering fall equinox ritual from Aarona Lea, yoga teacher and author/co-creator of ‘The...
Movement
Yoga Work-In
Time is a precious resource, and just when you think you don’t have enough of it for both a workout and self-care, a yoga work-in comes to the rescue.
Movement
How One Woman Is Working Toward Walking on Her Own
Diagnosed with a neurological disease called hereditary spastic paraplegia, 24 Hour Fitness San Leandro Sport Gym member Debra Kerr relied heavily...
Mindset
A Fitness Coach and Social Influencer’s Three Tips for Healthier Self-Talk
The notion of self-love is both profound and long overdue, but how can you actually learn to practice it on a minute-by-minute basis?
Mindset
Stressed Out? Move Your Body to Help Your Mind
Sunday Scaries holding you back today? When your mind is racing over past events or an uncertain future, sometimes movement can...
Regeneration
Three Moves for Fascial Health With a Foam Roller
Your fascial health is so important for performance, recovery and resilience, and to resist injury during training. Below are three moves...
Lifestyle
For One Member, No Distance Is Too Great for a GX24 Class
Always impressed by members who consistently show up to class, even if that means rearranging their schedules, GX24 instructor Alex Kattar...
Game Changers
Fit for Impact: How One Woman Is Working Toward Walking On Her Own
Diagnosed with a neurological disease called hereditary spastic paraplegia, 24 Hour Fitness San Leandro Sport Gym member Debra Kerr relied heavily...
Movement
Three Glute-Shaping Moves That Aren’t Glute Bridges
Any trainer worth his or her salt will tell you that to build a strong behind, you should definitely incorporate glute...
Movement
Workout: Total Body Upgrade
This high intensity training workout focuses on high reps and multi-directional movement so that you feel the burn—and feed your brain.
Movement
This 45-Minute Summer Strength Workout Will Leave You Feeling Powerful—and Sweaty
Summertime and the livin’ is easy—but that doesn’t mean the workouts should be. In fact, we’d argue that your workouts should...
Regeneration
Learning to Struggle Well With Dr. Kevin Gilliland
Dr. Kevin Gilliland suggests we stop looking for the easy button and instead learn how to struggle “well” to enjoy a life worth living.
Nourishment
Nutrition Tips From Tone It Up’s Katrina Scott and Karena Dawn
Katrina Scott and Karena Dawn, the founders of the fitness community phenomenon Tone It Up, say that it’s always a good...
Game Changers
Fit for Impact: How to Find Your Dream Job With Kersti Valerian, Head of Talent Acquisition at 24 Hour Fitness
What does it look like when leaders in a fitness organization get fit for impact? 24Life sat down with Kersti Valerian,...
Mindset
Six Tips for Becoming a Better Employee
While higher education does a great job teaching technical skills, few institutions offer courses on how to be a good employee....
Regeneration
Three Recovery Poses to Revitalize Your Tissues
Passive recovery is just as important to a health, wellness and fitness routine as resistance training, good nutrition and sleep. Tiffany...
Lifestyle
Seven Wellness Strategies for Seven Days of the Week
So you’ve got your fitness routine covered, but what about the rest of your wellness? What are you purposefully doing for...
Game Changers